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Ex-wife used daughter’s therapy to cut dad’s court ordered parenting time

Posted on August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Ex-wife used daughter’s therapy to cut dad’s court ordered parenting time
Ex-wife used daughter’s therapy to cut dad’s court ordered parenting time

Ex-wife used daughter’s therapy to cut dad’s court ordered parenting time By Laura Reichel The time a father spends with his child can be incredibly important to maintaining a strong relationship between father and child. However, in the case of a Chicago father, he feared his relationship with his young daughter was at risk.  Chicago…

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Leving legal team won appeal defending falsely accused Chicago dad

Posted on August 23, 2024August 23, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving legal team won appeal defending falsely accused Chicago dad
Leving legal team won appeal defending falsely accused Chicago dad

Leving legal team won appeal defending falsely accused Chicago dad By Laura Reichel The Leving legal team won a critical decision from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in favor of an accused father they defended. It is terrifying for any father to be faced with the allegation that he neglected his…

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Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Enhancing Attorney-Client Relationships in High Conflict Litigation to Win

Posted on August 21, 2024August 21, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Enhancing Attorney-Client Relationships in High Conflict Litigation to Win
Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Enhancing Attorney-Client Relationships in High Conflict Litigation to Win

Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Enhancing Attorney-Client Relationships in High Conflict Litigation to Win The Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd. will host the next presentation of the Arthur S. Kallow Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Seminar Series on August 21st at 6:30 p.m. CDT at 19 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago. The keynote CLE…

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Leving team’s victory in court keeps boy close to his dad

Posted on August 15, 2024August 15, 2024 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Leving team’s victory in court keeps boy close to his dad
Leving team’s victory in court keeps boy close to his dad

Leving team’s victory in court keeps boy close to his dad By: Laura Reichel When a father gets divorced, it’s usually great if his children live nearby so they don’t lose each other – and that was the situation for a dad and his 10-year-old son. However, according to court documents, the mother suddenly decided…

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Leving team stopped mother from taking dad’s kids out of the country and disappearing

Posted on August 8, 2024August 8, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving team stopped mother from taking dad’s kids out of the country and disappearing
Leving team stopped mother from taking dad’s kids out of the country and disappearing

Leving team stopped mother from taking dad’s kids out of the country and disappearing By: Laura Reichel After the mother of his children told a Chicago dad that he would never see his kids again, the distraught father turned to the Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd. The Leving team went to court to…

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Divorced dad recovered thousands in back child support

Posted on August 2, 2024August 3, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Divorced dad recovered thousands in back child support
Divorced dad recovered thousands in back child support

Divorced dad recovered thousands in back child support By Laura Reichel A struggling Chicago dad survived a divorce several years ago. However, after the divorce, his ex refused to pay child support he badly needed to the point where she owed a sizeable chunk of money – many thousands of dollars. Chicago matrimonial attorney Jeffery…

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Leving team rescued Dad’s little girls, saving them from a toxic home

Posted on July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving team rescued Dad’s little girls, saving them from a toxic home
Leving team rescued Dad’s little girls, saving them from a toxic home

Leving team rescued Dad’s little girls, saving them from a toxic home By Laura Reichel A father’s greatest joy is brought by his children and his greatest fear is losing them. This is the fear a desperate father experienced after discovering his ex-wife was planning on taking his children away from him and exposing them…

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Court terminated critically injured man’s maintenance payments to ex-wife

Posted on July 5, 2024July 5, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Court terminated critically injured man’s maintenance payments to ex-wife
Court terminated critically injured man’s maintenance payments to ex-wife

Court terminated critically injured man’s maintenance payments to ex-wife By Laura Reichel Divorce, even if it is an amicable one, is a difficult and emotionally complex life event. In many cases, the parties involved often seek to protect themselves financially or seek financial compensation from their soon-to-be ex. In a divorce, one spouse can be…

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Dad keeps sons at home with him, gains child support

Posted on June 21, 2024June 24, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Dad keeps sons at home with him, gains child support
Dad keeps sons at home with him, gains child support

Dad keeps sons at home with him, gains child support By Laura Reichel A father who was raising his two boys, ages 15 and 13, alone suddenly found himself at risk of losing them. The mother was never much involved in the boys’ lives. According to court records, she moved from place to place and…

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Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Comparing administrative child support proceedings to judicial proceedings

Posted on June 18, 2024June 19, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Comparing administrative child support proceedings to judicial proceedings
Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Comparing administrative child support proceedings to judicial proceedings

Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Comparing administrative child support proceedings to judicial proceedings The Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd. will host the next presentation of the Arthur S. Kallow Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Seminar Series on June 20th at 6:30 p.m. CDT at 19 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago. The keynote CLE speaker, matrimonial…

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Father with troubled past gains full parenting time

Posted on June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Father with troubled past gains full parenting time
Father with troubled past gains full parenting time

Father with troubled past gains full parenting time By Laura Reichel  A Chicago father with a problematic past, was being kept from his son. He drank a little too much back in the day, and he had a criminal record. When he and his wife separated, he initially had limited contact with his grade school-age son,…

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Local law enforcement agencies should tap into state witness protection fund to help bring victim families closure

Posted on May 18, 2024May 18, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Local law enforcement agencies should tap into state witness protection fund to help bring victim families closure
Local law enforcement agencies should tap into state witness protection fund to help bring victim families closure

Local law enforcement agencies should tap into state witness protection fund to help bring victim families closure By Jeffery M. Leving SM With a reported homicide closure rate of about 20% in Chicago, far too many families are waiting for justice for their loved ones and closure for their families. While there are several reasons…

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Leving team frees duped dad from paying child support for another man’s child

Posted on April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Leving team frees duped dad from paying child support for another man’s child
Leving team frees duped dad from paying child support for another man’s child

Leving team frees duped dad from paying child support for another man’s child The Leving legal team won an important case for a man who was ordered to pay child support for a little girl who was not even his biological child. The client and the mother were never married. The mother misled the client…

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New study shines light on need for gun storage laws

Posted on April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 By Ray Hanania 5 Comments on New study shines light on need for gun storage laws
New study shines light on need for gun storage laws

New study shines light on need for gun storage laws By Jeffery M. Leving SM A new study from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions analyzing 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data indicates what many have feared, that America’s gun violence epidemic has gotten worse. In total, 4,752 young lives were…

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Leving court victory keeps Dad from losing son

Posted on March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving court victory keeps Dad from losing son
Leving court victory keeps Dad from losing son

Leving court victory keeps Dad from losing son CHICAGO- Dad feared he was at risk for losing his 11-year-old son. Despite his difficult divorce, he has remained an attentive and dedicated father to his child. However, Dad was shocked and horrified to discover that his ex planned to cut him out of his son’s life….

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Leving Firm fights to keep father and children together

Posted on March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving Firm fights to keep father and children together
Leving Firm fights to keep father and children together

Leving Firm fights to keep father and children together Dad’s two children, a 12-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl, had been kept from him following the death of their mother. Reportedly, Dad and the mother were never married, but they had an informal agreement where Dad would have his children on alternate weekends, and he…

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Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Strategies in settling difficult, contested cases

Posted on March 20, 2024March 22, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Strategies in settling difficult, contested cases
Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Strategies in settling difficult, contested cases

Leving Firm Matrimonial Law Seminar: Strategies in settling difficult, contested cases The Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving Ltd. will host the next presentation of the Arthur S. Kallow Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Seminar Series on Wednesday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m. CDT at 19 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago. The keynote CLE speaker will…

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Leving Firm reunites Dad with his daughter after mother’s tragic death

Posted on March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Leving Firm reunites Dad with his daughter after mother’s tragic death
Leving Firm reunites Dad with his daughter after mother’s tragic death

Leving Firm reunites Dad with his daughter after mother’s tragic death Dad was never married to the mother of his 5-year-old daughter, whom he cared for and loved deeply.  Despite Dad’s rocky relationship with the mother, he was constantly involved in all aspects of his daughter’s life and had a close relationship with her. This…

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